Market hall (Hanover)

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Today's market hall from 1954

The Hanover market hall is a market hall in Hanover that was put into operation in 1954 and is popularly known today as the belly of Hanover . The market hall is located opposite the old town hall on the edge of the old town . The predecessor building erected here in 1892 was largely destroyed in the air raids on Hanover in 1943 during the Second World War and later demolished.

history

Originally, agricultural products in Hanover were brought into the city by farmers in the area and sold on public marketplaces, such as the old town square at the Marktkirche . Markets ensured that the city population of Hanover was adequately supplied with food. At the end of the 19th century, increasing demands on hygiene gave rise to demands for regulation of open markets. The population development of Hanover , which became a big city in 1875 with over 100,000 inhabitants , rose sharply, so that the number of traders continued to grow. The handcarts of the market deliverers in the streets around the market church obstructed traffic. This is why the Royal Police Directorate in Hanover urged the abolition of the street market in 1888. In the same year the city decided to build a municipal market hall.

First hall

Predecessor building of the market hall around 1892
Hustle and bustle in Leinstraße in front of the hall,
picture postcard series 98, no. 13 from Knackstedt & Näther

The first market hall was designed by the architect and city inspector Paul Rowald , who was modeled on the Galerie des Machines, built on the occasion of the Paris World's Fair in 1889 . Accordingly, the building was an iron and glass construction with brick side walls. The construction had a length of 84 m, a width of 48 m and a height of about 20 m. There were towers at the corners. When it was inaugurated on October 18, 1892, the market hall in Hanover was the largest steel and glass structure in the empire , which 243 dealers then moved into. Until 1929, the tram tracks ( ÜSTRA ) led to the south side of the market hall, over which goods were delivered.

During the First World War , the city expanded the cold storage rooms under the market hall to store grain and food for the population. In the market hall, staple foods were sold more cheaply in municipal sales outlets .

During the Second World War , the hall was destroyed by aerial bombs during an attack by the 8th US Air Force in the midday of July 26, 1943 . The cellars with the cold stores were preserved. After the war ended, the market continued in the destroyed hall with makeshift stalls and stalls.

Second hall

In the 1950s, 75,000 Hanover residents called for the rebuilding of the market hall in a collection of signatures. It was built in 1954 according to plans by the architect Erwin Töllner on the site of the destroyed market hall. It was a purely functional building. The building was originally called the "New Hall", but the population demanded the old name Markthalle. It is located between Leinstrasse, Marktstrasse and Karmarschstrasse and is connected to the Hanover city railway via the underground station Markthalle / Landtag .

The building of the market hall, which was completed in 1955, was built on the partially visible listed foundation walls and cellar vaults of the historic market hall and is therefore - like the building of the Lower Saxony state parliament in the Leineschloss - "a house that was further built after the war and is a listed building as a whole."

Today the market hall has a sales area of ​​4,000 m². On working days, all kinds of food such as vegetables, wine, sausage, meat, bread products, fish and fruit are offered at 73 market stalls. There are also many stalls with hot food, German meals and international specialties. Popularly known as the belly of Hanover , the market hall is a popular meeting place to have a glass of Prosecco or a cappuccino.

In 1997 the market hall passed from municipal ownership to a private operating company, which carried out renovation and modernization.

  • Köbelinger Strasse with market hall (2nd building from left), photo by Karl F. Wunder around 1900

  • Market hall at dusk

  • Look inside

  • Memorial to Karoline Duhnsen at the main entrance

Karoline Duhnsen (1906–2001), known as Oma Duhnsen , from Lindhorst is considered the original of the market hall . She traveled daily from the Schaumburger Land and sold meat and sausage products at a market stall for over 50 years. She presented herself in traditional Schaumburg costume when the riflemen marched out at the Hanover Shooting Festival . While she was still alive, a monument was erected in front of the main entrance to the market hall, depicting her with a box and basket.

Metro station

Under the Karmarschstrasse in front of the market hall is the underground station Markthalle / Landtag of the A-route of the Hannover Stadtbahn . Lines 3 (Altwarmbüchen – Wettbergen), 7 (Misburg – Schierholzstraße – Wettbergen) and 9 (Fasanenkrug – Empelde) operate here. The reinforcement trains that are used at major events in the HDI-Arena and run between the Hauptbahnhof and Stadionbrücke stations also stop here . The canceled line 10 also stops here in night traffic .

In the architectural design with red clinker bricks, reference was made to the surroundings of the old town . In 1995 the supporting pillars of the station were painted with female motifs by the artist Elvira Bach in the "Column Painting" project.

literature

Web links

Commons : Markthalle Hannover  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Conrad von Meding: Market hall examines monument lawsuit , in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of March 24, 2010, accessed on March 25, 2010
  2. ↑ The market woman. In: Hannover.de. May 2, 2018, accessed July 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Katja Banik: Hanover's "belly" - the market hall meeting point. In: Style Hannover (blog). January 30, 2018, accessed on July 15, 2020 (German).

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 13.7 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 11.1"  E